Prior Community Scholarship Recipients

The Asian American Law Fund of New York awards Community Service Scholarships each year to law students with a demonstrated commitment to the Asian American community. The purpose of the award is to assist law students with their tuition while encouraging them to use their legal knowledge and training to benefit the Asian American community in New York and to foster commitment by law students to public service to the Asian American community in New York.

Year

Name

Law School

Community Service Organization

1997

Winnie Lee

Brooklyn Law School

AALDEF

1998

Franklin Chiu

Brooklyn Law School

AALDEF

1999

Pei Pei Cheng
Jason Park

NY Law School
Brooklyn Law School

MFY Legal Services
Korean American Family Services

2000

Amelia Toledo
Tony Lu

CUNY School of Law
NYU Law School

AALDEF
UNITE

2001

Megan Penick
Soma Syed

NY Law School
Albany Law School

MFY Legal Services
UNITE

2002

Silvia Liu
Suyin So

CUNY School of Law
Georgetown U School of Law

MFY Legal Services
AALDEF

2003

Bharati Narumanchi
James Paglinawan

CUNY School of Law
CUNY School of Law

AALDEF
AAFE

2004

Tzung-lin Fu
Constance Utada

NYU Law School
Northeastern Law School

Sanctuary for Families
MFY Legal Services

2005

Deepika Bains
Monica Roli Khare

UC Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law
Temple UniversityBeaseley School of Law

AALDEF
EEOC, NY office

2006

Eileen Choi
Sung-Min Lee
Amy Tai

CUNY School of Law
Fordham University School of Law
American University Washington School of Law

AALDEF
Sanctuary for Families
AALDEF

2007

Miya Saika Chen
Hye Won Chung
Ali Najmi
Krishna Sampath

American University Washington School of Law

CUNY School of Law

CUNY School of Law

Northeastern Law School

Center for Constitutional Rights

Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York

AALDEF
AALDEF

2008

Haeya Yim
Vichal Kumar*

Brooklyn Law School
Hofstra Law School

AALDEF
NYS Defenders Association

2009

Olivia Canlas Niji Jain*

CUNY School of LawEmory U School of Law

AALDEFSafe Horizon

2010

Pooja Awatramini*

Trinh Ngoc Tran

John Ting

Seaton Hall University Law School

Hofstra University Law School

CUNY School of Law

NYCLU

AALDEF

Catholic Charities Newark

2011

Prathiba Desai

Sapna Patel

Maweza Razzaq*

CUNY School of Law

Boston University School of Law

Brooklyn Law School

Somaly Mam Foundation

MFY Legal Services

Sakhi for South Asian Women

2012

Min Young Choi

Yi Lin

Hira Amin*

Columbia Law School

Southern University Law Center

CUNY School of Law

MinKwon

MFY Legal Services

AALDEF

2013

Mieon Han

Lucy Zhang

Nabila Taj*

Fordham University School of Law

Duke University School of Law

CUNY School of Law

MinKwon

NYLAG

Queens Legal Services

2014

Rebecca Arian

Eva Yung

Pooja Shah*

CUNY School of Law

NYU School of Law

Pace University School of Law

Legal Aid Society

NY Asian Women’s Center

Urban Justice League

2015

Kamille Go

Jasleen Singh*

American U Washington College of Law

UC Berkeley School of Law

Legal Aid Society

Legal Aid Society

2016

Michelle ChanAlice ThaiMaria Iman*

University of Virginia Law School NYU School of Law NY Law School

NY Asian Women’s CenterAtlas: DIYSakhi for South Asian Women

2017

Jane LoMarissa WongDevika M. Balaram*Ruhi Behal*

Temple University Beasley School of Law Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law New York University School of Law Fordham University School of Law